240. John Jackson Jr.-307
The Jackson Ledger has his birth date as 1929 but this is up for debate. The Ledger's reference to him on pgs 42, 79 & 80 is suspect. I don't believe these references are for our line of Jacksons but rather for the line of John Jackson and Elizabeth Cummins (Stonewall's line).
"Mayflower Families in Progress", 3rd ed. Peter B. Hill compiler has John, s/o John 1701, was born 5 May 1733 and this is the date I have accepted.
John's parents moved "to the wilderness of Morris County, New Jersey, May 31, 1722". So it has been assumed by some that all of John Jackson and Sarah Doty's children were born in Morris County, NJ.
In 1739 Morris County was set off from Hunterdon County, and named after the new governor. Jackson's Forge, up to this time, had been in Hunterdon County. Ruineous taxes caused his father's forge, the Jackson Forge, to be sold in Morris County at Sheriff''s Sale in 1753. It is probably a good assumption that it was after then that his father migrated to the Carolinas and it is probable that John also went with him.
North Carolina Will Abstracts 1760-1800
North Carolina Wills, Book J, Page 8
available at ancestry.com
Will of John Jackson in AnsonCounty N. C. ...daughters Elizabeth , Mary, Sarah and Rebecca, each 5 Sh., my lands and all my movable estate to be sold to the best advantage and the money to be paid as follows: to Daughters Phebe, Jemimah and Hannah to have it equally divided between them. Stephen Jackson and John Perkins, exrs. 15 April 1768 Wit.Job Meadow, John May, Charles Booth Executed 1772, Anson Co., NC
682. Mary Jackson-18311
North Carolina Will Abstracts 1760-1800
North Carolina Wills, Book J, Page 8
available at ancestry.com
Will of John Jackson in AnsonCounty N. C. ...daughters Elizabeth , Mary, Sarah and Rebecca, each 5 Sh., my lands and all my movable estate to be sold to the best advantage and the money to be paid as follows: to Daughters Phebe, Jemimah and Hannah to have it equally divided between them. Stephen Jackson and John Perkins, exrs. 15 April 1768 Wit.Job Meadow, John May, Charles Booth Executed 1772, Anson Co., NC
683. Sarah Jackson-18312
North Carolina Will Abstracts 1760-1800
North Carolina Wills, Book J, Page 8
available at ancestry.com
Will of John Jackson in AnsonCounty N. C. ...daughters Elizabeth , Mary, Sarah and Rebecca, each 5 Sh., my lands and all my movable estate to be sold to the best advantage and the money to be paid as follows: to Daughters Phebe, Jemimah and Hannah to have it equally divided between them. Stephen Jackson and John Perkins, exrs. 15 April 1768 Wit.Job Meadow, John May, Charles Booth Executed 1772, Anson Co., NC
North Carolina Will Abstracts 1760-1800
North Carolina Wills, Book J, Page 8
available at ancestry.com
Will of John Jackson in AnsonCounty N. C. ...daughters Elizabeth , Mary, Sarah and Rebecca, each 5 Sh., my lands and all my movable estate to be sold to the best advantage and the money to be paid as follows: to Daughters Phebe, Jemimah and Hannah to have it equally divided between them. Stephen Jackson and John Perkins, exrs. 15 April 1768 Wit.Job Meadow, John May, Charles Booth Executed 1772, Anson Co., NC
685. Phoebe Jackson-8655
North Carolina Will Abstracts 1760-1800
North Carolina Wills, Book J, Page 8
available at ancestry.com
Will of John Jackson in AnsonCounty N. C. ...daughters Elizabeth , Mary, Sarah and Rebecca, each 5 Sh., my lands and all my movable estate to be sold to the best advantage and the money to be paid as follows: to Daughters Phebe, Jemimah and Hannah to have it equally divided between them. Stephen Jackson and John Perkins, exrs. 15 April 1768 Wit.Job Meadow, John May, Charles Booth Executed 1772, Anson Co., NC
686. Hannah Jackson-18309
North Carolina Will Abstracts 1760-1800
North Carolina Wills, Book J, Page 8
available at ancestry.com
Will of John Jackson in AnsonCounty N. C. ...daughters Elizabeth , Mary, Sarah and Rebecca, each 5 Sh., my lands and all my movable estate to be sold to the best advantage and the money to be paid as follows: to Daughters Phebe, Jemimah and Hannah to have it equally divided between them. Stephen Jackson and John Perkins, exrs. 15 April 1768 Wit.Job Meadow, John May, Charles Booth Executed 1772, Anson Co., NC
242. Phebe Jackson-1237
Phebe's parents moved "to the wilderness of Morris County, New Jersey, May 31, 1722". And her father's forge was sold there at Sheriff''s Sale in 1753. So it has been assumed by some that all of John Jackson and Sarah Doty's children were born in Morris County, NJ.
In 1739 Morris County was set off from Hunterdon County, and named after the new governor. Jackson's Forge, up to this time, had been in Hunterdon County.
Abraham's Will written 13 Nov 1796, Essex Co., New Jersey.
245. Hannah Jackson-1241
I did have Hannah Jackson born in Ross County, OH, but have removed that as it seems unlikely. Her parents lived in Morris County and that is where all her siblings were born; therefore, I have assumed that is where she was born also.
Hannah's parents moved "to the wilderness of Morris County, New Jersey, May 31, 1722". And her father's forge was sold there at Sheriff''s Sale in 1753. So her parents were still in Morris County at least until about 1753.
In 1739 Morris County was set off from Hunterdon County, and named after the new governor. Jackson's Forge, up to this time, had been in Hunterdon County.
Copied from: http://www.plainfieldquakers.org/dudley.htm
The Websters
The Webster Friends were of Scotch origin. William Webster, the founder, settled east of Plainfield about 1685. His descendants have always lived on adjacent territory. William Webster's oldest son was William Webster, Jr., born in 1692. He married Susannah Cowperthwaite and soon afterwards began housekeeping - about 1718-20 - not far from this spot, on a large farm through which Cedar Brook ran, and which probably extended to Green Brook. This pioneer's home was on the south side of the stream where Prospect Avenue now crosses. In this home, one of the earliest inland settlements, were eleven children born, and here the Webster homestead remained for generations.The first child was John, born in 1718, who in 1743 married Anna Taylor, granddaughter of Richard Hartshorn of distinguished Quaker stock from Middletown. This family still owns the Highlands of the Navesink, near Sandy Hook. John and his younger brother, Hugh - who married Sarah Marsh in 1753 - were prominently instrumental in 1788 in locating the present Plainfield Meeting House on the three-acre lot where it stands today. The lot is part of the original Webster farm.
The Websters were mainly instrumental in opening in 1763, the roadway, which was known afterward as the road to Rahway, later as Peace Street and now as Watchung Avenue. It was they who built the first grist mill, on Green Brook, at the head of Peace Street.
In 1782, Taylor Webster, a son of the builder, was granted by his father the privilege of constructing a race-way from the pond to the new mill on the mountain road, now Somerset Street. The Webster family may properly be credited with localizing the town of Plainfield.
©1998, Rahway & Plainfield Monthly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends
246. James Jackson-1240
A compelling conjecture has been made for this James being the son of John Jackson of Morris County, NJ who removed to North Carolina after his forge was sold at Sheriff's Sale in 1753. But it is stressed that as of September 2008, the relationship of James born in Morris County NJ and James living in Wilkes Co., NC has not been documented. Results of a DNA study have indicated that James is a descendant of Col. John Jackson but does not indicate the exact branch. A study of the analysis and conclusions about James has been posted for your consideration here:
http://www.jacksonfamilygenealogy.com/pages/conflictinganalysis_of_JamesJackson.htm
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James Jackson's Will 1826 was first provided by Janeen Proctor and later a pdf copy was found at https://www.familysearch.org/search/image/show#uri=https%3A//api.familysearch.org/records/pal%3A/MM9.1.i/dgs%3A004779392.004779392_00063
North Carolina Probate Records, 1735-1970 Ashe Co., Wills, 1801-1857, Vol. A Image 59 of 143
Ashe County, North Carolina Will Book A, Page 82In the name of God amen, I, James Jackson of the County of Ashe and State of North Carolina, being of health of body and of perfect mind and memory thanks be given unto God calling unto mind the immortality of my body and knowing that it is appointed for me once to die, do make and ordain this my last Will and Testament that is to say principally and first of all I give and recommend my soul into the hand of Almighty God that gave it and my body I recommend to the earth to be buried in decent Christian burial at the discretion of my executors nothing doubting but at the great resurrection I shall receive the same again by the mighty power of God. And as touching such worldly estate where with it has pleased God to bless me in this life I give, devise and dispose of the same in the following manner and form.
First I give and becueath to my dear beloved wife Abigill Jackson one hundred acres of land that I now live on. Beginning on John Brown's line running east. Also I observe the 100 acres of land that I give to my wife Abigill is for her to live on her lifetime, then it is to be John Jackson's with all appertainances. I also give to my wife Abigill all the stock and working tools of every sort with household furniture. I also give to my son James Jackson Two Dollars, having had his part of estate. Mary Jackson debtor ten dollars, Benjamin Jackson debtor 18 dollars, Ebenezer Jackson has had nothing, Daniel Jackson debtor forty dollars, Jesse Jackson debtor forty dollars, Isaac Jackson debtor $130.00, John Jackson debtor $60.00.
I shall observe that all my just debts is to be paid. I shall observe that all the rest of my property be sold at public sale and the money be equally divided. I also appoint my son Benjamin Jackson to be my Executor.
finis.
February 25th 1826 James Jackson {seal}Attest: David Miller, Jut
Charles Ragan JutNorth Carolina) Court of Pleas & Quarter Sessions, August Term 1826
Ashe County )
I, Thos. Calloway, Clerk of the County Court of Ashe County do hereby certify that the last Will & Testament of James Jackson dec'd was duly proven in open Court by the oaths of the subscribing witnesses & that a record is made of the same.
T. Calloway ccc
by A. Mitchell D.C.
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James Jackson and many of his associates are mentioned in the book "A History of Watauga County, North Carolina" by John Preston Arthur, first published in 1915, republished in 2002 and available at ancestry.com:
http://content.ancestry.com/browse/bookview.aspx?dbid=30007&iid=dvm_LocHist013627-00139-1"Although Watauga County, North Carolina, was not established until 1849 from the existing counties of Ashe, Wilkes, Caldwell, and Yancey in northwestern North Carolina, "all of Watauga County on the waters of Watauga River was once a part...of the famous and immortal Old Watauga Settlement of Sevier . . . ." In his History of Watauga County, North Carolina, John Preston Arthur provides an invaluable study of the origins and early settlers of this area rich in genealogical history.
Chapter XIII, pg 207: "Jonathan Buck . . . Richard Green . . . All these people had been members of the Jersey Settlement, as had also been James Tompkins and James Jackson, and afterwards became members of Three Forks Church. The grant of 640 acres of land at this place to William Miller bears date May 1787, and it was doubtless entered some time before. Tompkins' name still adheres to one of the knobs near Deep Gap, and the Jackson Meeting House on Meat Camp Creek will keep his memory alive for years yet to come, for it was the first school house built in this section." http://content.ancestry.com/Browse/BookView.aspx?dbid=30007&pageno=207
Chapter XIV, Pg 231: "Meat Camp.---This was one of the first places to be settled in Ashe County, William Miller, the Blackburns and James Jackson going there from the Jersey Settlement as early as 1799, while Ebenezer Fairchild, of the same colony, settled on Howard's Creek, only a short distance away. Jackson's grave is still pointed out in the woods near the site of the old Jackson Meeting House, while the cabin of an old hunter named Abbey stood in what is now the garden of John C. Moretz." http://content.ancestry.com/Browse/BookView.aspx?dbid=30007&pageno=231
Pg 322a: "There is also a tradition that the Greens were members of the Jersey Settlement, and that James Jackson, William Miller, the three Bucks, Tompkins and Horton himself were members of the Jersey Settlement. They were all members of the Three Forks Church between 1790 and 1800 . . ."
http://content.ancestry.com/Browse/BookView.aspx?dbid=30007&pageno=322aChapter IX, pg 106, 107: "Methodism began in this county about 1809 when an itinerant minister, whose name is forgotten . . . This unnamed pioneer in Methodism is said to have stopped first at the home of Gwyn Houck on Old Fields Creek, next at Risden Cooper's on Cranberry, then at James Jackson's on the ridge between Grassy Creek and Meat Camp . . . James Jackson was so much interested in the necessity for some edifice in which all the people might come and worship, go to school or discuss public affairs, that he conveyed to Edmund Blackburn, a brother of Levi, David Miller and Ephraim and William Norris, as trustees, a tract of land for a school house, meeting house or church, as was desired by those using it, to be open at all times to all alike. It was at this house that the first Methodist preacher first preached, but his name has been forgotten. Levi Blackburn lived near Jackson Meeting House at that time . . ."
1741: Pg 88: By May 1741, Bladen County issued deeds on the Great Peedee (Yadkin). It was no accident that the Hopewell group chose its north bank to found their "Jersey Settlement," an area described as: "Ten square miles of the best wheat land in the south, located in (modern) Davidson County, near Linwood. It was composed of many people from New Jersey who had sent an agent there to locate and enter the best land still open to settlement."
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Origins of the Jersey Settlement of Rowan Co., NC by Ethel Stroupe 1996"About 1745, the New Jersey group (perhaps a dozen or more families) left Back Creek in a wagon train bound for the Yadkin. Based on events after arrival, their leaders were probably Jonathan Hunt and Thomas Smith, but they were almost surely guided by the famous "Waggoneer" and explorer, Morgan Bryan who guided other groups to this general area, and in 1748 brought his own family from the Opequon to form Morgan's Settlement on the south bank of Deep Creek, four miles above the "Shallow Ford" of the Yadkin. [Robert W. Ramsey, Carolina Cradle, Settlement of the Northwest Carolina Frontier, 1747-1762; (U.N.C. Press, 1964; 4th printing 1987), p. 31].
"So began the River Settlements, best reached from the north via an old Indian warpath, widened and renamed The Yading Path. About 1745/6 Thomas Smith received land on Swearing Creek, but his Bladen deed is missing (as are many others.). At age 71, on September 29, 1748, Smith was at Newburn with men from other western communities, petitioning the North Carolina Assembly to form Anson County, because they had to travel over a hundred miles to Bladen court house."
1747 - 1755: The NJ settlers arrived (at Jersey Settlement) from 1747-1755. 400 families arrived abt 1752 Among the many families in this settlement are James Jackson, William Jackson, Ebenezer Fairchild and James Tompkins (Wm's brother-in-law).
1749 Anson County, NC formed.
It is thought that Stephen Jackson and his brother Benjamin settled in eastern North Carolina and eventually moved to Anson County. Stephen and Benjamin are brothers of William’s father, Joseph, making them William’s Uncles. William's Uncle John 1701 and his son John 1733 also are known to have come to NC and probably came at the same time. Uncle John 1701 had another son, James 1746 who is a very likely candidate to be the James that is found with William in Wilkes County. It is probable that they came south together but I have not found records to prove that yet.North Carolina Land Grants, No. 335, 30 Sep 1749. Gabriel Johnston, governor of North Carolina, to Benjamin Jackson, 200 acres in Anson County. (James is a conjectured nephew of Benjamin Jackson.)
1753 Rowan formed from Anson County. Jersey Settlement is now in Rowan Co.
1759 North Carolina Land Grants, No. 1388, 6 Mar 1759, South West Pee Dee, to Stephen Jackson (James is a conjectured nephew of Stephen Jackson.)
1751 Ebenezer Fairchild is 21 yrs old and married in Morristown, Morris, NJ
1751 Fairchild, Sarah, Ebenezer's first child is born, Morris Co NJ
1753 Rowan formed from Anson County. The Jersey Settlement people who lived in Bladen/Anson Co now live in Rowan Co.
1753 Fairchild, Stephen Morris Co NJ
1755 Fairchild, Mehitable Morris Co NJ
1757 Fairchild, Salome Morris Co NJ
1759 Fairchild, Abigail Morris Co NJ (married James Jackson 1779, Wilkes Co NC)
1761 Fairchild, Ann Morris Co NJ
1762 Fairchild, Abiud Westmoreland Co, VA (married Rebecca Jackson)
1763 Fairchild, Abijah Wilkes Co NC
1767 Fairchild, Cyrus Susex Co, NJThis gives a good estimate of when Ebenezer finally brought his family to the Jersey Settlement. The above dates gathered from various rootsweb charts; I can't guarantee their accuracy.
1772: The following copied from <http://www.surnameguide.com/hook/vannoy_genealogy.htm> Author not given. This is of interest because it gives the motivation for folks leaving the area surrounding the Jersey Settlement and 'fleeing to the mountains that became Wilkes and Ashe Counties'. "John Vannoy, b. about 1716; d. about 1778. According to his grandson, Andrew, son of Nathaniel, he m. Susanna Anderson. He moved into Rowan Co., N. C., about 1748 and settled at the mouth of Lick Creek which empties into the Yadkin River near the old Vannoy Fish Dam in what is now Davidson Co., N. C. The first record of him in this vicinity was made by the Rev. Hugh McAlden, a pioneer Baptist preacher, who stated in his diary that he spent the night at the John Vannoy home on the Yadkin River, Sept. 3, 1755. The family lived here until 1772, when, terrorized by the troops of Governor Tryon, which pillaged and destroyed the settlements along the Yadkin River after Alamance, they fled to the mountains in what later became Wilkes and Ashe Counties where some of their children settled and raised families. Both John and Susannah were devoted to the Baptist Church and identified with the great religious revival which that church, through George McNiel and John Gano, was introducing throughout southern Virginia and the Yadkin Valley in North Carolina."
1772: Eaton Church was organized October 5, 1772, with ten members, viz., Elder William Cook, James Tompkins, Ebenezer Fairchild, Abraham and Triphena Adams, Thomas Easteb, Susanna Easteb, David Reavis, Jemima Reavis, and Jesse Reavis. Also Mary Easteb, Elizabeth Tompkins and Veara Bra. At this point in research, this is the earliest record proving James Tompkins and Ebenezer Fairchild were in NC by this time. But histories of the area say that James Jackson was also part of this same group of folks from the Jersey Settlement.
1776 - 1781 Revolutionary War
1778 Wilkes was formed in 1777 from Surry and the District of Washington and a Land Office opened in Wilkes County, North Carolina. The act was to become effective February 15, 1778. When the county was formed all landowners were required to put their ownership on record even tho they may have been living on it for some time. This must be what is meant by James ‘entered’ 2 parcels in note below.
***1778 May and Sept. James Tompkins ‘entered’ 2 parcels land in Wilkes Co, NC. (James Tompkins is married to Elizabeth Jackson, a first cousin of James Jackson.)James married Abigail Fairchild 3 Feb 1779 in Wilkes Co., NC. So James was abt 29-33 years old when he married if his birth date is correct.
1786 Following are Wilkes County land grants that were issued to James Jackson and a William Jackson in 1786, but which were not recorded until 1788. The grants were for land in the area of Lewis Fork of the Yadkin River.
10 July 1788 Wilkes Co land grants entered:
A) James Jackson (File #832) rec’d grant 829 for 100A on both sides of So. Fork of Lewis Fork adjoining Geo Elmore. Based on warrant/entry #306 dated 4 May 1779. Grant recorded in Bk 66, pg 392. Chain carriers: Moses Tompkins & Ebenezer Fairchild, surv: Jos. Herndon. E24 (Descendant of James Jackson participant in Jackson DNA project; 67 marker test results show James is related to the Hempstead line of Jacksons, descendant of John Jackson and Elizabeth Seaman, but no specific branch of their descendants indicated.)
B) James Jackson (File #1193) rec’d grant 1357 dated 17 Oct 1796 for 100A on Meat Camp Creek, waters of New River joining his other entry adjoining ; ; ; Based on warrant/entry #1997 dated 25 Jun 1795. Grant recorded in Bk 90, pg 9. Chain carriers: James Jackson, Jr. & Benjamin Jackson; surveyor Hi’m Roussau. E27
C) James Jackson (File #1477.5) rec’d grant 1638 dated 5 Dec 1798 for 200A on both sides of Meet Camp Creek, waters of New River adjoining ; ; ; Based on warrant/entry #1111 dated 2 Jan 1796. Grant recorded in Bk 100, pg 42. Chain carriers: Benjamin Tompkins & James Jackson, Jr.; surveyor Hi’m Roussau. E28
D) James Jackson (File #1478.5) rec’d grant 1639 dated 5 Dec 1798 for 100A on both sides of New River adjoining ; ; ; Based on warrant/entry #1635 dated 4 Jan 1796. Grant recorded in Bk 100, pg 42. Chain carriers: Benjamine Tompkins & James Jackson, Jr.; surveyor Hi’m Roussau. E29
E) James Jackson (File #1480.5) rec’d grant 1641 dated 5 Dec 1798 for 100A on both sides of Meet Camp Creek, adjoining John Brown; ; ; Based on warrant/entry #6014 dated 4 Jan 1796. Grant recorded in Bk 100, pg 43. Chain carriers: Benjamin Tompkins & James Jackson, Jr.; surveyor H. Roussau. E29
F) James Jackson (File #1497.5) rec’d grant 1658 dated 5 Dec 1798 for 200A on both sides of Meeting House Branch near the ford and of Meet Camp Creek adjoining ; ; ; Based on warrant/entry 182 dated 2 Dec 1793. Recorded in Bk 100, pg 52. Chain carriers: Benj. Tompkins and James Jackson, Jr., surveyor H. Roussau (Hillair (or maybe Hiram) Roussau from E45) E30
G) Samuel Castle rec’d grant 852 for 200A on both sides of So Fork of Lewises Fork beginning at the edge of a swamp on South side of Creek adjacent to John Lipps; ; ; Based on warrant/entry #209 dated 23 Aug 1779. Recorded in Bk 66, pg 396. Chain carriers: John Lipps & Wm. Jackson; surveyor Jos. Herndon. E25
All this to show the close relationships between the various Jacksons, Tompkins & Lipps.
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Ashe County, North Carolina Land Grants 1799-1936
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See table at http://www.newrivernotes.com/nc/ashegrnt.htm NC Dept of Archives
Reference File Number
12.14.28.492 492 James Jackson 1799 1804
12.14.28.493 493 James Jackson Jr. 1799 1804
12.14.28.494 494 James Jackson 1799 1804
12.14.28.495 495 James Jackson 1799 1804
12.14.28.496 496 James Jackson 1799 1804
12.14.28.497 497 James Jackson 1799 1804
12.14.28.498 498 James Jackson 1799 1804
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1787 State Census
Added by JMcAnally5258 on 30 Jun 2008
Have added this record but there are questions. This record for James Jackson is as follows: The Names of Heads of families in Brown District of Wilkes Co., NC.
Pg1 James Jackson Sr. One White male 21-60; Four White males < 21 & > 60; White females all ages 2; Blacks 0.
Pg2 James Jackson One White Male 21-60, no other entry? Which one is our James Jackson? What does this imply? Our James is married to Abigail so James Sr must be the correct one.
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Census Info:
Census Records - William Jackson and some of his relatives & associates
NC STATE Census 1784-1787 Wilkes County
A WM 21-60 yrs
B WM under 21 & above 60
C WF all ages
Blacks 12-50
Blacks under 12 & above 50Brown's District, Page 1 (Pg 173 of transcription)
James Thompkins 1 5 3 - -
William Jackson 1 4 6 - - (Wm, 4 males under 21, wife & 5 daughters)Brown's District cont'd on next pg 174 of transcription; still pg 1 of census
Ebenezer Fairchild 1 1 2
Abijah Fairchild 1 1 3
James Jackson Sr. 1 4 2 (James, 4 males under 21, wife and 1 daughter)
Silvester Proffit 1 - 3
Joseph Sewel 1 3 2Brown's District cont'd on next pg 174 of transcription; pg 2 of census
James Jackson 1 - - - - (Can we assume this is James Jackson Jr.?)Brown's District cont'd on next pg 174 of transcription; pg 3 of census
Thompkins, Moses - 1 1 - -Brown's District pg 175 0f transcription; pg 4 of census
Thompkins, Jonathan 1 1 2 - -Capt. Gordon's District pg 180 of transcription; pg 3 of census
Tompkins, Silas 1 2 4 - -Capt. Gordon's District pg 181 0f transcription; pg 7 of census
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In 1790 Ashe County had not yet been organized and the area that became Ashe County was still Wilkes Co. So both James Sr. and James Jr. are counted in 1790 in Wilkes and in 1800 in Ashe; but it was the county lines that moved - not the families. (James Tompkins is also in Ashe Co in 1800.)1790: The following record taken from the NC 1790 Census Morgan District, 3rd Company showing both James Jackson and a William Jackson together with other close neighbors:
Profit, Sylvester
Sam Castle
Profitt, Jno
Cordwell, Prin'
Jackson, Wm **
Fairchild, Eben **
Case, Isaiah
Lips, Jno
Lips, Jno, Sr.
skip 11 households
Tomkins, Jonathn
West, Wm
Story, Joshua
Jackson, Jas **
Tomkins, Moses
Adams, Wm
Elmore, Thos
Profitt, Wm
Case, Arron
skip another 11 hhs
Fairchild, Elijah
There are relationships between Jacksons, Tompkins, Lips and Fairchilds so thought it important to show all these close families.1790 Census
Added by JMcAnally5258 on 19 Jul 2008 (with slight edit by Janie)
Jas Jackson appears about half way down on page 3 of the Ancestry.com photo copy while Wm Jackson and Eben Fairchild appear next to each other at the very bottom right hand column of page 2. A continuation from page 2 to page three probably implies being in proximity to each other. There are four Jacksons listed in Wilkes Co., NC two James and two Wms. The assumed nonrelated James Jackson appear on page 1 and there are Ferugsons near this person, from other research this would imply a that this James Jackson is probably related to the Ralph Jackson lineage of Henrico County, VA. The other Wm Jackson appears on page four and is believed to be the William Jackson who married Abigail Gillum.
Jas Jackson has one male over 16, four male less the 16 and two free white females.(There is another Wm Jackson in Wilkes Co, this census 11th dist, but he has none of the close associates as above. That one is Jackson, Wm in Morgan Dist, Eleventh District, believed to be the Wm. Jackson who married Abigail Gillum in Wilkes Co abt 1782.)
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1790: The Three Forks Baptist Church in Wilkes Co, NC was organized on 6 Nov 1790. Membership from 1790-1800 included the following: Ebenezer Fairchild, Mary Fairchild, Rebakah Fairchild, Susannah Fairchild, James Jackson, James Jackson, Jr., James Tompkins, Elizabeth Tompkins, Ruth (Garsham’s wife) Tompkins, William Tompkins, Garsham Tompkins, Joseph Tompkins, Benjamin Tompkins and others. 1795, James Jackson is excommunicated from the church but is restored shortly there after. (History of Watauga County, John Preston Arthur, 1915, pg 71, <http://www.maprealtyboone.com/real_estate/real_estate_watauga_2.html>Copied from http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Estates/8473/Arthur/ch6.html :
November 6, 1790, according to the records now in the keeping of the clerk, Mr. John C. Brown, of New River. These records show that "the Baptist Church of Jesus Christ in Wilkes County, New River, Three Forks Settlement," was organized by James Tomkins, Richard Greene and Wife, Daniel Eggers and wife, William Miller, Elinor Greene and B. B. Eggers
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1794 From Goodspeed's History of Johnson County: <http://www.rootsweb.com/~tnjohnso/jcchurch.html>“The first church organized in the county was known as Roane Creek Baptist Church, constituted on April 20, 1794. Benjamin Brown was chosen moderator, William Jackson clerk and George Brown elder. At the next meeting in May George Brown, Stephen Wheeler, Benjamin Brown, Joseph Gentry, John Grimes, John Asher and William Jackson were also appointed to sit, as the church, at Mr. Loyd's, to receive members, on the second Saturday in June. Among the first members mentioned were Benjamin Cuthbert, Reuben and John Asher, Jacob Perkins, John and William Brown, Stephen Gentry, Joseph Tompkins, William Clark, William Pembleton, James Parsons, John Mullins, John Smith, Benjamin Sewell, Hezekiah Boone, Samuel Cole, Thomas Thornton and Joseph* and John Jackson*. To them should be added about thirty-five names of female members belonging to the families of the above men, making an aggregate membership of about sixty-five. This church then included all the Baptists in Johnson County, and some from the contiguous territory. . . The first pastor was James Tompkins, installed in 1797.”
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1806 and 1807 Court of Pleas and Quarter Session
Added by JMcAnally5258 on 21 Jul 2008 More information:
1806 Ordered by the court that letters of administration [illegible] on the estate of Ebenezer Fairchild to James Jackson who enters into bond of L500 with Abner Smith security. Ordered by the court that an order of sale issue to James Jackson to sell the personal property of the deceased Ebenezer Fairchild.James Jackson administrator of Ebenezer Fairchild deceased makes a return amounting to the sum of L432/10/11 makes the sum of the property sold by the administrator
1807 Ordered by the court that Daniel Eggers, Senr, Daniel Eggers, Junr., James Jackson, Isaac Green, Jno. Northern, Anthony Reece, Jno. Norris, Ephraim Norris, Senr., Ephraiom Norris, Junr., John Coleman, Joseph Morphew, Joseph Brown, David Miller, John Brown, Philip Church, James Morris, James Prophet, Landrine Eggers be a jury to view and lay off a road from the turnpike road by Ephraim Norris and into the turnpike road again likewise from the [blank] to the indian graves on Meat Camp.
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1800 Ashe Co NC Census has three James Jacksons:
1) pg 81 this James is 16-25
2) pg 82 this James is 45 or over
3) pg 82 this James is 26-44 and this one is marked James Jr.IF our James Jr who m Martha Chambers was born in 1780 he would have to be #1 above right?? age abt 20
#2 has to be our James & Abigail as neither of the other 2 are old enough.
So we still don't know who the 3rd one is - even tho he is marked JR. (Jr then did not have to mean s/o, it could have just meant the younger man)
And the 2nd man over 45 (in 1st district) in 1790 does not appear in the Ashe Co census.
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1810 census Ashe Co., NC
Added by JMcAnally5258 on 19 Jul 2008
page 5 of Ancestry has a J. Jackson with 2 males 10<16 and possibly one male 45 and up. The marking for the adult male of 45 or older is not definitive but the only conclusion one can come to. One female < 10 and one female 45 and up. There is one other J. Jackson on this 1810 census in Ashe Co., NC on page 13 but the head of the house appears to be 26<45 and the wife 16<26.
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Added by JMcAnally5258 on 30 Jun 2008
1820 Census Ashe County, NC
Using the search with only the surname Jackson and Ashe County, NC this James Jackson is the only one that appears and can be assumed to be the residence of James and Abigail Jackson. One male 10-16: one male 45up: one female 10-16: one female 45up: one person in agriculture and zero slaves.
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From research of Janeen Proctor:
Tax List 1787 Wilkes Co., NC., 20 acres, Captain Brown District.
Census: 1790 Wilkes Co., NC., 1 M 16+, 3M 16-, 2 F, 0 slaves, 16th Company, part that became Ashe Co., NC.
Census: 1800 Ashe Co., NC.
Census: 1810 Ashe Co., NC.
Census: 1820 Ashe Co., NC.
Will: 25 FEB 1826 Ashe Co., NC., Will book A, pg 82, names wife, Abigail, sons, John, James, Benjamin, Ebenezer, Daniel, Jesse, Isaac and daughter, Mary Jackson.
Mentioned in James' 1826 Will: "my dear beloved wife Abigill". This disproved the date of death given by Jean Fairchild Gilmore of Dec. 1799, pg 44 of her book.
1800 Census Ashe Co. age btw 26 and 44 (1756-1774)
1810 Census Ashe Co. age over 45 (1756-1774)
1820 Census Ashe Co. age over 45 (1756-1774)
1830 Census Ashe Co. age btw 70 & 80 (1756-1760)1830 Census Ashe Co., NC., 1 male 10-15, 1 female 30-40, 1 female 70-80.
The 70-80 female is Abigail. The younger female and probably her son are unknown but the female is assumed to be Mary.
697. Mary Jackson-20937
There was a female with the family who was listed on the 1787 NC State Census, age not given; and on the 1790 Wilkes Co Fed Census, again age not given; on the 1800 census age btw 16 and 25 but was not listed again with the family in 1810 or 1820.
1830 Census Ashe Co., NC., 1 male 10-15, 1 female 30-40, 1 female 70-80.
The 70-80 female is Abigail. The younger female and probably her son are unknown.Only one daughter, Mary, was mentioned in James' 1826 Will.
Unknown female 1800: between 16 & 25 1775 - 1784
Unknown female 1830: between 30 & 40 1800 - 1810
So Mary could be either one of these women. But since the last known son was born abt 1787, I would assume that Mary was the female born between 1775 & 1784 as it is unlikely be have been that large a break between children. Again assuming Mary was born after James and Abigail were married, that puts her birth date in the range of 1780 - 1784.
698. John Jackson-20915
From his father's 1826 Will: "Also I observe the 100 acres of land that I give to my wife Abigill is for her to live on her lifetime, then it is to be John Jackson's with all appertainances."
As of Aug 2008, I don't know just when Abigail died, or if John lived on the land after she died or not. Research of land deeds in Ashe County might turn up what became of the land and if John sold it, perhaps his wife's name could be discovered.
247. Sarah Jackson-5960
See the Notes in father, James Jackson's record!
There is a lot of conflicting information about the Sarah who married John Ross. Some have her born in Guilford and some in Woodbridge, NJ. Most all have her married to John Ross who could have been born in NJ or NC, depending on whose chart you look at. I have seen no documentation either way.
There is a marriage record for a Sarah Jackson and John Ross in NJ but whether this is the same Sarah as daughter of James Jackson and Mary Thorne is up for discussion. Folks posting info on John's wife are using James' daughter's birth date or they say she was born in Guilford. Other charts say she was d/o William Jackson and Margaret of Guilford.
I have found no clearance in Quaker records for James' daughter Sarah to be married or to leave Woodbridge MM. That's not to say it didn't happen - just that I haven't found the records yet.
Documents Relating to the Colonial History of the State of New Jersey Marriage Licenses. The Marriage Ceremony Females. J page 219 Jackson, Sarah, Woodbridge, and John Ross, Middlesex 1759 June 20
LATER: Doug Wilson sent the 1805 Will of John Ross (see John's Notes) which was written in "Bonham Town, Middlesex Co. NJ, mentioning his wife Sarah and listing his children. This is obviously NOT the same Sarah who married John Ross of Guilford, NC. So that bit of conflicting data is resolved. I have not determined the parents of the NC Sarah.
Doug Wilson sent me this on John Ross and wife Sarah:
from http://files.usgwarchives.org/nj/statewide/history/family/ford.txt
FORD Family in New Jersey State Archives
Contributed to the USGenWeb Archives by David Tourison <dtourison@vcn.com>
http://www.usgwarchives.org/nj/njfiles.htm
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Archives of the State of New Jersey, First Series; Documents Relating to the Colonial, Revolutionary & Post-Revolutionary History of the State of New Jersey, Volume XL; Calendar of New Jersey Wills, Administrations, Etc., Volume XI, 1806-1809; Edited and Indexed by Elmer T. Hutchinson; Trenton, NJ, 1947.
p. 287, as follows:1805, May 6. Ross, John, of Bonham Town, Middlesex Co.; will of. Wife, Sarah, $250; also income from monies to be invested from sale of estate, while my widow; should she marry, $100. After wife's decease or marriage monies to be collected and divided in 14 parts, sons, Jackson, James, Phineas, Richard and John, each 2 parts, and daughters Mary, Catharine (wife of Nathaniel Martin), Sarah (wife of William Foord), and Margaret, each one part.
Executors--sons, James Ross and Richard Ross and son-in-law Nathaniel Martin. Witnesses--David Dunham Jr., David Dunham, Nathan Mundy.
Proved Sept. 29, 1806.1806, Sept. 30. Inventory, $1,014.96; made by Isaac Cotheal and WilliamF. Manning. File 10118 L.
Comment: Not having seen the actual will, I can only assume the spouses names in parenthesis were added by whoever posted this to usgenweb and were not in the original will. Otherwise, the wording would have been slightly different. It was this will combined with info in 'The Ford Family Notes' ("The Record" Apr , pg 180) that enabled me to see the connection between Sarah Ross and William Foord/Ford.
702. Jackson Ross-23852
Jackson is the first son listed on John Ross' 1805 Will.
He is found listed on the "Return of the Bonhamton Company of Infantry Commanded by Capt. Richard Ross 16 April 1793". (research provided by Doug Wilson.)
703. James Ross-23853
James is the second son listed on John Ross' 1805 will. See will in his father's notes.
704. Phineas Ross-23854
Phineas is the third son listed on John Ross' 1805 will. See will in his father's notes.
705. Richard Ross-23855
Richard is the fourth son listed on John Ross' 1805 will. See will in his father's notes.
706. John Ross-23856
John is the fifth son listed in John Ross' 1805 will. See will in his father's notes.
707. Mary Ross-23857
Mary is the first daughter listed in John Ross' 1805 will. See will in her father's notes.
708. Catharine Ross-23858
Catharine is the second daughter listed in John Ross' 1805 will. See will in her father's notes.
710. Margaret Ross-23860
Margaret is the last and probably the youngest daughter listed in John Ross' 1805 will. See will in her father's notes.
254. Phebe Jackson-843
I am going to add this Phebe to William Jackson and Prudence. Since there is conflicting info that I haven't been able to resolve yet, this will cause Wiliam and Prudence to have two daughters named Phebe. Any help unraveling this problem will be appreciated!
#1. Name: David Vail (I failed to get the URL where I got this but it was Essex Co Quaker Records at ancestry.com)
Birth Place: Somerset Co
Spouse's Name: Phebe Jackson
Birth Place: Woodbridge
Death Date: 05 Mar 1820
Age: 73y (est birth date: 1747)
Marriage Date: 23 Apr 1766
Marriage Place: Plainfield
Child: William; John; Prudence; James; Daniel; David; Rebecca; Margaret; Smith; Phebe; Mary; Joseph; Margaret
Birth Date: 04 Feb 1767; 04 Oct 1768; 06 Mar 1770; 29 Aug 1772; 07 Apr 1774; 07 Dec 1775; 07 May 1778; 18 Aug 1780; 05 Feb 1782; 20 Apr 1783; 17 Jan 1787; 02 Mar 1788; 18 Jan 1791
Death Date: -; -; -; -; -; -; -; -; 23 Jul 1855; -; -; -; -
(Note that this David and Phebe named a first son, Wm, and a first dau, Prudence.)"Documents Relating to the Colonial History of the State of New Jersey, Calendar of New Jersey Wills, Vol VI, 1781-1785" by Elmer T. Hutchinson (1939). At google books this is said to be published 2008 by Heritage Books, Inc. Publishing Division, 100 railroad Ave. #104, Westminster, Maryland 21157 www.HeritageBooks.com for list of Books & CDs.
Page 216:
1783, Feb 20. Jackson, William, of Woodbridge, Middlesex Co. Int. Adm'r--David Vail, of Somerset Co., Fellowbondsman--John Runyon, of Middlesex Co., Wit: Elijah Pound and Asa Dunham.I assume this William who died in 1783 without a will and whose estate was admin'd by David Vail, was Prudence's husband and Phebe's father. But there is nothing in this record to prove that. I don't have a d/o/d for him from any other source, therefore, it is an assumption but a very likely one. Prudence didn't die until 1794; I would have expected her to have the right of administering or refusing.
Paul Roos on rootsweb "A slaveholder, but freed slaves with other NJ Quakers"
Name: David Vail
Birth Place: Somerset Co
Spouse's Name: Phebe Jackson
Birth Place: Woodbridge
Death Date: 05 Mar 1820
Age: 73y
Marriage Date: 23 Apr 1766
Marriage Place: Plainfield
Child: William; John; Prudence; James; Daniel; David; Rebecca; Margaret; Smith; Phebe; Mary; Joseph; Margaret
Birth Date: 04 Feb 1767; 04 Oct 1768; 06 Mar 1770; 29 Aug 1772; 07 Apr 1774; 07 Dec 1775; 07 May 1778; 18 Aug 1780; 05 Feb 1782; 20 Apr 1783; 17 Jan 1787; 02 Mar 1788; 18 Jan 1791
Death Date: -; -; -; -; -; -; -; -; 23 Jul 1855; -; -; -; -
257. Augustus Green-2186
From Kelly Michaels rootsweb chart: "Lt. Augustus Green was a 2nd Lt. Albany County Militia, 7th regiment of Enlisted Men, Kinderhook District . . . Revolutionary War."
260. Ambrose Green-2193
The Green family fill a large page in the history, not only of the town, but of Herkimer County. The writer is gratified to be able to present a sketch of this family by one of its members. He gladly incorporates, verbatim an article written by Willis L. Green of Indian Castle, only regretting that Mr. Green had not expanded it to greater length, and hoping that he may in the future work the rich historical mine "In the Valley" for the benefit of those who are interested in the struggles and triumphs of the fathers who in years past have borne the "White man’s burden."
In the spring or early summer of 1795 Ambrose Green and his wife, Gula Elma Lester, came to Danube from Schodack, Renssalaer County and bought a farm one mile south of the Indian Castle Church and now owned by Moses Weldon. His family consisted of three sons and four daughters.
John L. Green married Ruth Barker; Ruth married George McMullen; Amy married Zacheus Swift; Rachel married Daniel Carpenter; Elizabeth married Henry Nellis; Felix married Helen Herkimer; William married Hannah Cronkhite and lived at home, and at his father’s death in 1837 kept the farm, and was succeeded by his son, William who lived there until some time about 1890.
John Lester Green, oldest son of Ambrose was married and had two small children when he came from Rennselaer County. He bought the farm adjoining his father’s on the west and his family increased until there were eight sons and two daughters. He and his wife spent sixty years of married life together and fifty-five on the same farm.
When the wife died in 1850 all of her ten children were at the funeral and all but two lived within three miles of the old home.
Ambrose Green, the oldest son of John worked at blacksmithing near home for a short time. In 1820 Ambrose married his second wife, Martha Frazier and moved onto a farm in German Flatts, three miles south of Mohawk.
Gilbert Green married Ann Pomeroy and bought a farm south of his father's in the town of Danube. About the year 1870 he moved to Mohawk where he died in 1882.
Peter, Felix and Lyman own farms around the Indian Castle church.
Peter's house stood back from the main road, where Romain Doxstater now lives on the farm owned by Warren Fox.
He was appointed postmaster in 1848 and the post-office is still kept by his granddaughter, Mrs. Abbie Smith, and she says she has not always voted on the winning side.
Felix's farm was farther east and his son, Lester is still on the place.
Willis Green's Indian Castle farm is the farm bought by Lyman Greene, his father. The house and greenhouses occupy the site of the old stockade or Indian Castle.
A slight depression a few rods north of the house marks the spot where Brant's house stood. Some of the smoke stained boards from the old house are to be seen in the roof of the corn house.
In colonial days this farm must have presented different phases of social live from the present.
Lester and Zenas Greene, the youngest sons married Emily and Ann Herkimer, grandnieces of the brave old general.
They run the lock grocery store fore several years but sold out in 1860.
In 1859 Lester was sent to the legislature and after that made his home in Little Falls where he died in 1863.
Zenas Green moved to Herkimer from Danube and was elected county Clerk, which office he held six years. Died in Herkimer in 1891.
Henry was made a cripple by an accident, while still a young man.
He lived on the home farm until 1852 when he removed with his family to Henry, Ill. Sophia married Rev. John DuBois. Mary never married but after the death of her father lived with her sister, Mrs. DuBois.
In 1850 John L. Green had thirty-seven grand children and most of them were living in the town of Danube. But now they are scattered from the Green Mountains to the Golden Gate. Lester and Willis, the only ones now living in Danube.
Soon after the Green family came to Danube it became a grave question how they were going to satisfy their "home made" appetites until harvest time. Their Mohawk Dutch neighbors had wheat, but they were suspicious of the "Tam Yankies" (a pet name they gave to any one from the east) and most of them would not run the risk of being the victims of some game.
But a Mr. Frey sold them two bushels. John and Felix carried it to the nearest mill at St. Johnsville, about ten miles there and back.
When the wheat harvest was ready they paid for the wheat, one with a cradle, the other raking and binding, which was as much a surprise to them as the reaper was to their sons fifty years later, for they had never seen a cradle before which did the work of ten men with a sickle. "To Mr. Greene's account I will add that Alonzo H. Green, son of Lester H. Green was in 1886 elected the first police justice of Little Falls and that his brother, Horace L. Green was for many years the able editor of the Mohawk Valley Register at Fort Plain. Felix Green, son of Ambrose Green, lived between Indian Castle and Stafford farm. Jacob E. Fox purchase the farm in 1877 of Felix's son, Herkimer. The latter passed the most of his remaining years in the town of Warren. George Green, M. D., a son of Felix, practiced in St. Johnsville; two other sons, Augustus and James went to western New York and a daughter, Lydia married George U. Schuyler of Danube."Source: "Papers Read Before the Herkimer County Historical Society Covering the Period From September 1902 to May 1914, Volume 3" Compiled by Arthur T. Smith, Secretary of the Society Citizen Press, Herkimer, 1914
264. William Jackson-278
From Jackson Ledger: "William finally settled in Tenn. prior to the Revolution and raised nineteen out of 26 children."
From Rockaway records website: "He was twice married." Also the Ledger tells of his traveling south with a party which included his sister Elizabeth (Jackson) Tompkins and her husband James Tompkins.From O. B. Robbins Book "Removed to Tennessee before the Revolution. He had two wives. By the first 15 children; by the 2nd eleven children. There were 19 of these children living in 1808 (sic) at the time of his death, aged 72 years." (William's will is available to read on this site; see Table of Contents/Wills. His Will was written in 1806 and in June of 1810 he added an appointment of an executor.-Janie)
From O. B. Robbins book "In 1769, Joseph's widow Mary and his son, William, made a renunciation of their right to administer on his estate..." so I made the assumption that William was the oldest living son.
1786: William is 50 years old when he signs Abigale Jackson’s marriage bond in Wilkes Co, NC (m to Jonathan Hughes). The only ‘proof’ we have that this is our William is circumstantial: his signature on the bond matches his signature on his Will and the codicil to his will; also he’s in the same area as his close relatives. A study has been made of all the Jacksons in Wilkes County and William is the only one who could have been Abigail's father.
William is still in Wilkes County when he is enumerated in the (3rd company) 1790 census of Wilkes County surrounded by close associates and relations, brother-in-law James Tompkins, Ebenezer Fairchild, John Lips and others. By 1794 he has purchased 200 acres in the area that later became Carter County, TN.
The book "King's Mountain and It's Heroes" by Lyman Draper 1881 says on page 460 "of William Jackson, another of Cleveland's King's Mountain Captains, we have no knowledge."
1780 The Battle of Kings Mountain, October 7, 1780 Family tradition has it that William was “one of Cleveland’s captains”. If that is so, he would have been about 44 years old at the time. He would have been recruited from the Wilkes Co. area as he had not yet moved westward. Some question about this Capt. William Jackson. Some rootsweb charts say the Capt. was from PA but enlisted from SC and went back there after the war, but an exhaustive search has found no documentation of that.. (See article about this research here: http://www.jacksonfamilygenealogy.com/pages/conflictingWilliamJacksonTwo.htm.) Most all of the Overmountain men were not regulars; were not on any records and so did not file for pension applications.
1780 Excerpt from the Pension Application of Abiud Fairchild S15420 Dtd 18 Feb 1834 (http://southerncampaign.org/pen/) "...He next went into the service as a volunteer in a company of which William Jackson was Captain. The names of the other company officers he does not now recollect. Colonel Benjamin Cleveland was his commanding Colonel. ...From Colonel Walker's old place he, this applicant, marched on under command of Captain William Jackson and crossed Broad River and went down by Buck Creek and passed a place called the Cowpens. We then passed down Buck Creek some distance and left Buck Creek and crossed Broad River again at Cherokee Ford. We then marched on to King's Mountain where we arrived the next day after the battle (8 Oct 1780) a little after dark at the encampment of the American forces about 2 miles from the battle ground..."
(Excerpt added by Bob Mitchell 12 Aug 08, this record shows that William Jackson was a CPT under COL Benjamin Cleveland and shows that neither Abiud Fairchild or William Jackson fought in the Battle of King's Mountain)The book "Book: History of Watauga County, North Carolina 1849 - 1949" says "Captain William Jackson was a close follower of Fairchild, and seems to have been a man of prominence in the community. He commanded Fairchild's company at Kings Mountain and later was a magistrate and a tax collector. He settled near the lower Meat Camp valley, which, by reason of mills, soon became an important section." This does sound like William settled into the community and did not leave to go "back to Pennsylvania" as some charts indicate. William is on the 1790 Wilkes Co census surrounded by close associates including his brother-in-law James Tompkins, Ebenezer Fairchild, James Jackson, John Lips and others.
Wilkes County at that time encompassed a very large area from what is now Watauga and Ashe and westward to Indian lands. During the period between the war and 1806 both the county and the state borders were moved. William bought or received a land grant from the state of North Carolina in Washington District in 1794. This area later became Carter County, TN and his deed is recorded there. Since Meat Camp area later became Watauga County, NC; it appears that William moved just a bit westward.
The Three Forks Baptist Church of North Carolina established a branch church near Shouns Crossroads and held services each month.., and upon April 20, 1794, what was known as the Roan Creek Baptist Church was organized. This infant Baptist congregation elected Benjamin Brown, moderator; William Jackson, clerk; and George Brown, elder. The church elected James Tompkins as the first pastor. A membership list includes two of William's sons, John and Joseph. It appears that the other two sons were probably too young for membership.
The following two paragraphs copied from http://jctcuzins.org/church/carrier.html
In the early wilderness day, the area was without any civil authority. However, the deep religious convictions of the settlers provided the stability of law and order for the new society. The Bible was the law book and the elders, the administrators of the law. The punishment of the offender was applied as the congregation understood the scriptures. Usually the punishment was excluding from membership and was sufficient to cause the erring to repent.A typical example of an early church trial was that of William Jackson in 1803. The charge against Jackson was that he had "gone to law" against a fellow church member, Bro. Harper, without the counsel of the church. Harper had promised Jackson fifteen gallons of whiskey by the fall of 1802 and had failed to deliver. The church excluded Jackson on the grounds: one, for saying that he had sought to settle his complaint against Harper with the "legal steps of the gospel," when in fact he had not; two, for contracting to sell the promised whiskey to a third party, Mr. King; and three, in the opinion of the church Jackson "aimed to turn the whiskey into money." Jackson repented of his sin and was restored into the fellowship of the church in July, 1804.
1806 William is 70 years old when he writes his Will in Carter Co, TN, dated 6 Sep 1806; witnessed by Alexander Doran, JP. In his will are mentioned 4 sons in this order:
John, Stephen, Joseph and David. Joseph and John are mentioned in the 1794 listing of early members of Roane Creek Baptist Church. (see Notes for Joseph or John.)Darrell Jackson, a descendant of this William Jackson has participated in the Jackson DNA Project. His DNA is a 99.9 percent match to a well documented, known descendant of Gen. Joseph Jackson. So this is further verification that William who died in Carter County is indeed Gen. Joseph Jackson's son. (See the DNA chart on this site.)
Darrell Jackson has made a study of the descendants of William and has given permission to merge his large Jackson data with this site. The merging was begun in Dec, 2006 and will be finished as time allows.
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Copied from "Abstracts of Deeds, Carter County Tennessee" pg 1:"Book A, pg 16 12 Jul 1794. NC State Grant #_____ to William Jackson a 50 sh the 100 A, 100 A, Washington Co. fks of Doe R, beg "at an iron wood tree". Reg 19 Dec 1794." (which may be a mis-reading and should be same date as below: 19 Dec 1796. These grants, though dated in 1794, weren't recorded until 1796.)
"Book A, pg 17 12 Jul 1794. NC State Grant #1123 to William Jackson a 50 sh the 100 A, 200 A, Washington Co. crosses Little Doe R. Reg 19 Dec 1796."
Copied from "Abstracts of Deeds, Carter County Tennessee" pg 29:
"Book A, pgs 486, 487 25 Jul 1801. William Jackson to Leonard Shoun for $333, 100 A, on Little Doe waters of Watauga R, by NC Grant #1123 to William Jackson. Joseph Tompkins & William Jenkins. Prvd may Court 1804." This deed is mentioned elsewhere on this site and is instrumental in proving this William is the same William that is related to Joseph Tompkins (brother-in-law) and William Jenkins (Tompkins' son-in-law.)
_______________________________________________________________________________________Copied from "Abstracts of North Carolina Land Grant Files, Wilkes County, 1778-1798, Vol. 1":
1) "Wm Jackson (File #812) rec’d grant 809 for 320A on both sides of So Fork, Lewis’s Fork based on warrant/entry #271 dated 4 Mar 1779. Grant recorded in Bk 66, pg 388. Chain carriers were James Jackson & Aaron Campbell; Surveyed by Jos. Herndon." (he lost 320A S Fork of Lewis Fork (under Buck Hill) for taxes. Was sold by Sheriff to John Robbins, Jr. in 27 Oct 1791.) E-22
2) "Wm Jackson (File #821) rec’d grant 818 for 20A on both sides Crains Branch, waters of Lewis Fork at his other survey adjoining. . . Based on warrant/entry #54 dated 2 Jun 1786. Recorded in Bk 66, pg 390. Chain carriers: Wm. Jackson & Samuel Castle; surveyor Jos. Herndon." E23
3) "Wm Jackson (File #851) rec’d grant 848 for 200A on waters of So Fork at his other survey adjoining. . . Based on warrant/entry #891 dated 19 Aug 1799. Grant recorded in Bk 66, pg 396. Chain carriers were James Jackson & Aaron Campbell; Surveyed by Jos. Herndon." E25 [Who is this James Jackson???]
4) "Wm Jackson (File #875) rec’d grant 872 for 20A on So Fork of Lewises Fork at his other survey adjoining Jonathan Tompkins; ; ; Based on warrant/entry #53 dated 20 Jun 1786. Recorded in Bk 66, pg 400. Chain carriers: Jonathan Tompkins & Wm. Jackson; surveyor Jos. Herndon." E26
5) "Samuel Castle rec’d grant 852 for 200A on both sides of So Fork of Lewises Fork beginning at the edge of a swamp on South side of Creek adjacent to John Lipps; ; ; Based on warrant/entry #209 dated 23 Aug 1779. Recorded in Bk 66, pg 396. Chain carriers: John Lipps & Wm. Jackson; surveyor Jos. Herndon." E25
John Lipps was a son-in-law of Elizabeth Jackson and James Tompkins; Elizabeth is sister to Wm. Jackson.
______________________________________________________________________________________1782 A William is listed on Capt Keese's NC tax list
NC STATE Census 1784-1787
Brown's District
William Jackson 1 4 6 0 0 (Wm, 4 males under 21, wife & 5 daughters)FEDERAL CENSUS:
1790 Wm. Jackson - 3rd Co - Wilkes - 1 3 5 0 0 (married Barsheba when?)
Wm over 16, 3 sons under 16, wife & 4 daughters
1790 James Jackson - 3rd Co - Wilkes - 1 4 2 0 0 (married Abigail Fairchild 1799)
Jas over 16, 4 sons under 16, wife & 1 daughter
1790 **James Jackson - 1st Co - Wilkes - 1 3 2 0 0 Jas over 16, 3 sons under 16, wife & 1 daughter
1790 Jonathan Hughes ???? (married Abigail Jackson 1786)
1790 * Wm. Jackson - 11th Co - Wilkes - 1 3 3 0 0 (married Abigail Gillum)
*This Wm was b abt 1760 (unknown parents) served as Private in NC Militia during Rev War, married Abigail Gillum abt 1782 in NC. Removed to Wayne Co, IN before 1820 per Robert Franklin Jackson, proved not related to Hempstead line per DNA.
** The assumed nonrelated James Jackson is listed in 1st Company and there are Ferugsons near this person, from other research this would imply that this James Jackson is probably related to the Ralph Jackson lineage of Henrico County, VA. - per Jack McAnally.
Monmouth Co. Marriage: Bills, Hannah, Monmouth, and William Jackson, Jr., Monmouth 1757 May 19
(the Jr. on William's name proves this is NOT the s/o Gen. Joseph Jackson of Morris Co.!!)
751. John Jackson-8513
1794 From Goodspeed's History of Johnson County:
http://www.rootsweb.com/~tnjohnso/jcchurch.html
“The first church organized in the county was known as Roane Creek Baptist Church, constituted on April 20, 1794. Benjamin Brown was chosen moderator, William Jackson, clerk and George Brown, elder. At the next meeting in May George Brown, Stephen Wheeler, Benjamin Brown, Joseph Gentry, John Grimes, John Asher and William* Jackson were also appointed to sit, as the church, at Mr. Loyd's, to receive members, on the second Saturday in June. Among the first members mentioned were Benjamin Cuthbert, Reuben and John Asher, Jacob Perkins, John and William Brown, Stephen Gentry, Joseph Tompkins, William Clark, William Pembleton, James Parsons, John Mullins, John Smith, Benjamin Sewell, Hezekiah Boone, Samuel Cole, Thomas Thornton and Joseph* and John Jackson*. To them should be added about thirty-five names of female members belonging to the families of the above men, making an aggregate membership of about sixty-five.“This church then included all the Baptists in Johnson County, and some from the contiguous territory. In 1797 it was decided to build three houses of worship-one on Lower Roane Creek, another on Upper Roane Creek, and the third on Little Doe. Whether these buildings were erected could not be ascertained, but it is probable that they were not built, but services were held at private residences in the three settlements in turn. The first pastor was James Tompkins, installed in 1797.”
*This Joseph and John Jackson were not enumerated as adults in the 1790 Wilkes Co, TN census at all and are children of William. Joseph and John are mentioned in William's 1806 will as his sons. William's other two sons mentioned in the will were likely to be too young to be considered members.
752. Joseph Jackson-8514
1794 From Goodspeed's History of Johnson County:
http://www.rootsweb.com/~tnjohnso/jcchurch.html
“The first church organized in the county was known as Roane Creek Baptist Church, constituted on April 20, 1794. Benjamin Brown was chosen moderator, William Jackson, clerk and George Brown, elder. At the next meeting in May George Brown, Stephen Wheeler, Benjamin Brown, Joseph Gentry, John Grimes, John Asher and William* Jackson were also appointed to sit, as the church, at Mr. Loyd's, to receive members, on the second Saturday in June. Among the first members mentioned were Benjamin Cuthbert, Reuben and John Asher, Jacob Perkins, John and William Brown, Stephen Gentry, Joseph Tompkins, William Clark, William Pembleton, James Parsons, John Mullins, John Smith, Benjamin Sewell, Hezekiah Boone, Samuel Cole, Thomas Thornton and Joseph* and John Jackson*. To them should be added about thirty-five names of female members belonging to the families of the above men, making an aggregate membership of about sixty-five.“This church then included all the Baptists in Johnson County, and some from the contiguous territory. In 1797 it was decided to build three houses of worship-one on Lower Roane Creek, another on Upper Roane Creek, and the third on Little Doe. Whether these buildings were erected could not be ascertained, but it is probable that they were not built, but services were held at private residences in the three settlements in turn. The first pastor was James Tompkins, installed in 1797.”
*This Joseph and John Jackson were not enumerated as adults in the 1790 Wilkes Co, TN census at all and are children of William. Joseph and John are mentioned in William's 1806 will as his sons. William's other two sons mentioned in the will were likely to be too young to be considered members.
756. Other children not found Jackson-8519
The Jackson Ledger records that William had 2 wives and 26 children; nineteen surviving him at his death abt 1810. Research in ongoing to find the remaining children. At this point, we have no record of his first wife. Barsheba, his second wife, is named in his will and only 4 sons mentioned in the will with 20 shillings to be given to "all my other children".
265. Elizabeth Jackson-4
Jackson Ledger: Removed from Rockaway sometime after her marriage, headed for Va with her family.
O. B. Robbins' book, Long Island Genealogies: they settled in VA.
The above sources appear to be in error. They did not stop in Virginia, but traveled on to the Carolinas and Elizabeth died in Carter Co, TN.
If anyone knows of documented evidence of when and where Elizabeth and James married, I'd appreciate knowing about it.
One World Tree chart has another child of James Tompkins, a Mary Gardiner Tompkins, b 27 May 1764. There is some indication that James was married to his 1st wife and they had Mary Gardiner. I don't know the wife's name. It is likely she died and James and Elizabeth married abt 1767. If the child survived, Elizabeth surely raised her. This is supposition on my part as I have no record of this child.
Later: I have found a rootsweb chart by Melvin Morris who gives the information on James' first wife and their child, Mary Gardiner Tompkins. She apparently was taken as a child with James and Elizabeth when they traveled to the Carolinas where she married Joseph Sewell. Joseph Sewell is mentioned in various documents pertaining to North Carolina.
Herman Baker gives an ALT birth date of 1715 and the fact that the children were twins.
1772 EATON'S (FORK OF THE YADKIN) Eaton Church was organized October 5, 1772, with ten members, viz., Elder William Cook, James Tompkins, Ebenezer Fairchild, Abraham Adams, Triphena Adams, Thomas Easteb, Susanna Easteb, David Reavis, Jemima Reavis, and Jesse Reavis. Eaton Baptist Meeting House Records, November 24, 1772 to April 25, 1812. The Original is in Wake Forest College Library, Winston-Salem, N.C.
At this point in research, this is the earliest date proving James Tompkins was in NC by this time.The last Saturday in April, 1792, was set apart as a day of fasting and prayer, and at the same meeting James Chambers was "approbated to exercise his gift in preaching." In August, 1793, James Chambers, Ebenezer Fairchild and Samuel Wilcoxon were sent as delegates to the assembly at Eaton's Meeting House, Dutchman's Creek, near Daniel Boone's old home, while in February, 1793, James Tompkins and Richard Green were sent to the association at Brier Creek to "seek for union."
1804 Carter Count, TN Deed Book A, pg 490-491 Deed dated 11 Aug 1804 William Tompkins to Reuben Thornton was witnessed by James Tompkins, Joseph Tompkins and Mary M. Tompkins.
Census Records - James Tomkins and some of his relatives & associates (only Silas was spelled right)
NC STATE Census 1784-1787
A WM 21-60 yrs
B WM under 21 & above 60
C WF all ages
Blacks 12-50
Blacks under 12 & above 50Brown's District, Page 1 (Pg 173 of transcription)
James Thompkins 1 5 3 - -
William Jackson 1 4 6 - -Brown's District cont'd on next pg 174 of transcription; still pg 1 of census
Ebenezer Fairchild 1 1 2
Abijah Fairchild 1 1 3
James Jackson Sr. 1 4 2
Silvester Proffit 1 - 3
Joseph Sewel 1 3 2Brown's District cont'd on next pg 174 of transcription; pg 2 of census
James Jackson 1 - - - -Brown's District cont'd on next pg 174 of transcription; pg 3 of census
Thompkins, Moses - 1 1 - -Brown's District pg 175 0f transcription; pg 4 of census
Thompkins, Jonathan 1 1 2 - -Capt. Gordon's District pg 180 of transcription; pg 3 of census
Tompkins, Silas 1 2 4 - -Capt. Gordon's District pg 181 0f transcription; pg 7 of census
Susanah Jackson - - 6 1 1 (the only Jackson having blacks)
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1790 Census Wilkes Co, NC
A White males 16 & up including HOH
B White males under 16
C white females including HOH8th Company: 158
Jas. Tompkins 3 2 2
Jas. Sewell 1 4 2
268. Edward Jackson-5
From the Jackson Ledger @ HCPD: "Born in Rockaway, NJ, he moved with Stephen, Samuel & Jemima to Fayette Co., PA; thence to Harrison Co., (W)VA. Edward and his son Stephen were both wounded at the battle of Yorktown.
"Edward is buried at the Henry Bassel or as it is now cousin Ida Fleming place. I have heard it said he was buried on Sycamore Creek; James H. Jackson notwithstanding the fact that his name is on a tombstone at the Fleming place.
"Little is known of Edward's education - any more than that he attended a school before leaving New Jersey and coud read and write and was good in figures.
"The Bible containing and known to contain correct data - back to the line of his grandfather is well remembered by some of his grandchildren but it seems that either Mrs. Bush or her brothers who went West fell heir to it; but most probably Mrs. Bush who nursed her mother in her last sickness."From Gladys S. Hoffman quoting New Jersey Archives, 1st series, Vol. X, 716, Mss. May 1776: "The name of Edward Jackson is among the Signers of Article of Associates of the Freeholders and Inhabitants of Pequanock, Morris County, New Jersey, pledging themselves to support the action of the Continental and Provincial Congress in defending the Constitution. This was signed by one hundred and eighty persons."
Also, "From Colonial Ancestors, pg 5: "Edward and (his son) Stephen are both buried on the home farm in the family plot about one mile south of Mount Clare, Harrison County, WV." ... "About 1768, Edward and Martha and three children, Stephen, Sarah and Jemima, left New Jersey and moved to Fayette County, PA. They went in a party composed of Edward's cousin, John Jackson with his wife and sons, George and Edward; his sister, Elizabeth Tompkins and her family; and his brother, William with his family. At New Castle, Delaware they separated. Edward and John, with their families went to PA and the others went south into Virginia." [This agrees with the HCPD Jackson Ledger.] But the date 1768 is probably wrong.
In 1776 Edward was in New Jersey, signing the Article of Associates of Freeholders and enlisted a few months later in August of 1776. In March of 1777, Edward's 6th child, William was born in New Jersey. Edward and his oldest son, Stephen were wounded at the battle of Yorktown in 1781. Daughter Lucinda was born in 1787 and daughter Mary Bush was born in 1790 both in New Jersey per the 1850 Warren Co, Ohio Census. So the family probably left New Jersey sometime after 1790 and before the 1792 date on Edward's Harrison Co, VA deed. Edward's daughter Phoebe was the only child born in Harrison County. All the other children stated they were born in New Jersey.
From Don Norman's files: "About 1768, Edward and Martha and three children moved to Fayette County, PA. Edward enlisted in Captain John Willis' Company of the Second Virginia Regiment on August 13, 1776. He was transferred to Captain Marquis Colme's Company in 1777. Traditional family history states that Edward crossed the Delaware with General Washington on December 26, 1776.
"When the Second Virginia Regiment was ordered to join the Army of the Delaware, Edward's 17 year old son, Stephen enlisted. Father and son marched to Virginia where they were both wounded in the Battle of Yorktown.
"After the end of the Revolution, Edward and his family left PA and moved to Harrison County, (W)VA. Edward's name appears as grantee on Harrison County deeds dated April, 1792, & September 1806. These were probably grants for land warrants issued as compensation for Edward's military service.Email from Todd Post, 2d Virginia Regiment, 2005:
All Revolutionary War service records have been microfilmed by the National Archives, information on how to view them can be found at www.nara.gov <http://www.nara.gov/>. If you cannot visit a National Archives branch, you can often get access to the microfilms through interlibrary loan.
As to your family history about crossing the Delaware, it is highly unlikely. The 2d Virginia Regiment was not sent north to join the Main Army until late January 1777, and made stops in Maryland and Philadelphia to receive equipment and uniforms along the way.
Sincerely,
Todd Post
2d Virginia Regiment
www.secondvirginia.orgEdward's will is dated May 7, 1807, and an inventory of his estate recorded June 29, 1807 names ten of his eleven children.
This Will, Inventory and Settlement are recorded on this site on the Wills Page. But the 1806 deed for land was when Edward deeded 101 acres (of his 200 acres purchased in 1792 from George Arnold) to Edward's son Stephen. This transfer of property possibly was in anticipation of his declining health and death in 1807.
From Gilmer County, WV History: "After close of the war, Edward (Jackson) and his family left PA and moved to Harrison County, Virginia, where they settled on Brown's Creek in 1792."
From OBR book, pg 14: "Edward died in Red Stone, Virginia. Most of his children moved to Georgia." This is an error!! Edward and his family may have spent some time in Redstone, PA for a while before moving on to Harrison County, (W)VA. Redstone, PA is on the PA/WV border and just north of what was then Harrison County. "..... the original Mason-Dixon Line, as surveyed by Charles Mason and Jeremiah Dixon in 1763 to 1767..." so the line dividing PA from VA had not been established long enough to settle it in the minds of the residents. So not only was the reference to Red Stone being in Virginia wrong; also the comment that his children moved to Georgia was wrong!
The Gilmer County, WV reference was correct in saying that the family settled on Brown's Creek in Harrison County, Va that later became WV.World Family Tree CD Vol Eleven, 1977, Tree #2005: "As to the conflicting dates as to Edward's birth, here is one explanation from Mary Jackson in Jane Lew, West Virginia. This is not the original monument. Years ago my father's oldest brother Goodloe Jackson bought this monument for Edward. He could have been mistaken about the dates. About forty years ago I visited this graveyard, then it was fenced. At the time I think the farm in which they were buried belonged to Henry Bassel whose grandmother was Susan Jackson, a daughter of Stephen." [This Henry is Henry Jr., s/o Henry Sr, s/o Susannah Jackson and Benjamin Bassel.]
There is more info on the moving of the tombstones on the Conflicting Data page: Sarah & Abigail; Page Two and Page Three. But please read Page One for discussion of the conflicts circulating about a daugter supposedly named Sarah Abigal who married Jonathan Hughes. This idea that Abigail is Edward's daughter has been disproved.
From HCPD Jackson Ledger: "Martha Miller Jackson died while on a visit to her daughter, Mrs. Polly Bush (Mary Jackson). As there were no bridges at that early date and Hacker's Creek and other streams were so much swollen by rain, they could not cross to bring her body to the "Jackson Grounds"."
From Colonial Ancestors: Martha "is buried in the Butcher Cemetery, Lewis County, WV and he (husband Edward) is buried near Mount Clare, Harrison County.
Other sites have said that Martha was born in Staunton, Augusta County, VA but I, Janie, think the New Jersey location seems more likely.
An old letter has turned up recently that says Martha's middle name was Hannah. I don't know if this is correct, but it is a lead.
768. Benjamin Arnold Jackson-53
Got a fall early in life from which he died per Jackson Ledger
Birthday per Don Norman.
His younger brothers were born in NJ before the family moved West; so I assume Benjamin was also born there.
769. Jacob Jackson-112
Ledger: Jacob left Harrison County, going West and possibly settled in Ohio.
His younger brother was born before they left NJ, so I assume Jacob was also born there.
Gilmer County History says that her parents settled in Harrison Co, VA in 1792.
Mary "Polly" and her husband (Bush) lived on the waters of Freeman's Creek, above the Jackson Mill. They went West starting to Miami Valley, OH. Mary's Mother, Martha Miller Jackson, died while on a visit to Mary in abt 1828; so Mary and George Bush did not leave for Ohio until sometime after 1828.
Mary was located in the 1850 Warren Co, OH Census.
Ancestry.com Index:
1850 Census for Warren County.
Name: Mary Bush
Age: 50
Estimated birth year: abt 1800
Birth place: New Jersey
Gender: Female
Home in 1850 (City,County,State): Salem, Warren, Ohio
Page: 121
Roll: M432_737
As can be seen from the ancestry index above, her age is listed as 50. The actual image was checked and it clearly reads age 60.
Line 28, Dwelling in order of visitation 1763, Family in order of visitation 1764
George Bush, 60, Male, Carpenter, Virginia
Mary, 60, Female, New Jersey, Value of Real Estate Owned 100 <<Why was this in her name? Was it from her first marriage, an inheritance?>>Mary's brother William & sister Lucinda had settled and raised families in Warren County. Eventually there was a whole community of Jackson families in Warren County.
From Matella Prickett Doughman's 1935 work, Supplement, pg 3: "Mrs Elizabeth Higgins Hadley left in her Bible a notation as follows: "These are taken from the tombstones at Wesley Chapel graveyard. Lucinda is my grandmother Jackson Flesher. Lucinda died May 20, 1853 - aged 65y 10m 8d. Mother (Catherine Flesher Higgins) died Jan. 13th 1852, aged 26y 2m 4d. Polly is my Aunt Mary Polly Bush, sister to grandmother, both died same day - Polly died May 21, 1853, aged 63y 9m 21d." Note that tho it is said they died the same day, the dates are one day off - see below.
From Matella Prickett Doughman's 1935 work, Supplement, pg 3: "Iva Conover gives this data concerning "Aunt Polly 'Mary' Bush, who lived near Butterville, Ohio. Her sister Lucinda Jackson Flesher had died (May 20, 1853), and walking home, very fast, as it was getting dark, she became ill, sat down on a log and then fell over dead from a heart attack. (May 21, 1853)."
Jerry checked the 1860 Warren County Census for Salem Township. Mary had died in 1853 and by 1860 George had remarried. The census shows George Bush with another family. His wife Sarah Lawson (a widow) age 43, and her children: Mary Ann, F,26, Courtland, M, 14, Susan, F, 18, and Peter, M, 7. Sarah and all of her children were born in Ohio.
Mary "Polly" and her husband (Bush) lived on the waters of Freeman's Creek, above the Jackson Mill. They went West starting to Miami Valley, OH.
George Bush and his wife Mary were located in the 1850 Warren Co, OH Census. Mary's brother had established his family there.
Ancestry.com Index:
1850 Census for Warren County. My comments in << >>:
Name: Mary Bush
Age: 50
Estimated birth year: abt 1800
Birth place: New Jersey
Gender: Female
Home in 1850 (City,County,State): Salem, Warren, Ohio
Page: 121
Roll: M432_737
As can be seen from the ancestry index above, her age is listed as 50. Jerry checked the actual census image and it clearly reads age 60.Here's the rest of the info:
Line 28, Dwelling in order of visitation 1763, Family in order of visitation 1764
George Bush, 60, Male, Carpenter, Virginia
Mary, 60, Female, New Jersey, Value of Real Estate Owned 100<<Why was this in her name? Was it from her first marriage, an inheritance?>>There were no other Bush families in Warren County in 1850.<<At least not captured by census that I can tell>>
I checked the 1860 Warren County Census for Salem Township. It shows George Bush with another familiy. His Wife Sarah Lawson(a widow) age 43, and her children: Mary Ann, F,26, Courtland, M,14, Susan, F,18, and Perter,M, 7. Sarah and all of her children were born in Ohio.
Broaderbund World Family Tree Vo. 5, pg 0580 has published info on birth date and marriage date that can't both be correct!